Rewind the clock 12 months and IT distributors in the Middle East were speaking hesitantly about growth prospects in the market amid a decline in PC sales, reflecting the general narrative of a sector that has only ever really been limited by the level of its own desires.

He also pointed to the fact that service sector confidence about the year ahead rose to its highest level since last May, contributing to a further rise in employment "and adding to the sense that the economy is reviving, albeit sluggishly and somewhat hesitantly, rather than sliding back into another recession.

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